Customers are looking for excellent performance materials/products with enhanced safety features. At the same time, environmental demands are increasing. This means new developments need to have the ambition to make the economy circular and the planet more sustainable.
Today, 40% of all chemicals contain aromatic structures. As such, biobased aromatics can play an important role in improving sustainability. Using them often leads to stronger and better perfoming materials with less health and safety issues.
The biobased-aromatics initiatives launched by VITO via BIORIZON (a Flemish/Dutch collaboration between VITO and TNO) and FISCH (Flanders Innovation hub for Sustainable Chemistry) are focused on industry-driven research in this domain. The findings and results of the innovations they develop enable you to redesign your products to the customer’s demands of today.
Join-in on this one-day event and become inspired by the impact these new molecules can have on your materials and business.
Speakers
Antonio Oliveira
Programme
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09.30 - 10.30 |
Registration and coffee |
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10.30 - 10.40 |
Welcome by Bert Bouwman (VITO) |
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10.40 - 10.50 |
Jan Vanhavenbergh (FISCH, Belgium), Regional/Flanders Strategic focusing in a global business domain: bioaromatics in Flanders |
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10.50 - 11.00 |
Jan Larosse (EC, DG Regio), Smart specialisation and the interregional collaboration |
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11.00 - 11.10 |
Nelo Emerencia (BioBased Industry): Valorising biomass into value-added products; expectations for bio-aromatics |
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11.10 - 11.35 |
Ludo Diels (VITO), Why Biobased Aromatics and the international scene |
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11.35 - 11.55 |
Thomas Farmer (University of York, UK), Bio-based Aromatics: new building blocks versus drop-in replacements |
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11.55 - 12.10 |
Antonio Oliveira (CGEE, Brasilia, Brazil), Brazilian Bioeconomy: An overview of lignocellulose related activities and needs |
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12.10 - 12.30 |
Discussion |
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12.30 - 14.00 |
Lunch |
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14.00 - 14.20 |
Bert Sels (Kuleuven), Catalytic biomass conversion and opportunities towards novel chemicals |
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14.20 - 14.40 |
Victor Vreeken (Avantium/BASF, Netherlands), The FDCA-story |
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14.40 - 15.00 |
Tom Browne (FP Innovations, Canada), The forest-based biorefinery: A Canadian perspective |
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15.00 - 15.20 |
Roberto Tangorra (Biochemtex Italia S.p.A., Italy), The MOGHI Technology: from lignin to BIO aromatics |
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15.20 - 15.50 |
Refreshments |
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15.50 - 16.10 |
Dirk Den Ouden (Stora Enso, Sweden), Beyond pulp & paper: innovation and sustainability |
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16.10 - 16.30 |
Hans Hoydonckx (TransFuranChemicals, Belgium), Furan chemistry in sustainable materials |
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16.30 - 16.50 |
Jon Birger Syvertsen (Kebony AS, Norway), Kebony – modified wood to the world |
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16.50 - 17.10 |
Florian Graichen (Scion, New Zealand), Yes we can! Making money from lignin – from trees to industrial products |
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17.20 - 17.40 |
Discussion |
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17.40 - 17.50 |
Ludo Diels, (VITO, Belgium), Wrap up |
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17.50 - 17.55 |
Signing ceremony MOU VITO – BIC (BioIndustrial Innovation Canada) |
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17.55 - 18.00 |
Transfer to the evening program |
Why be there?
- The opportunity to meet with industry experts
- Discuss new opportunities of biobased aromatics in the materials of tomorrow
- Be part of the selected group of experts building on the chemistry transition.
- Participate in the exclusive plenary evening sessions of i-SUP2016 where high level keynote speakers will be our guest
Track chair and primary contact
Bert Bouwman
bert.bouwman@vito.be
+32 14 336960
Track co-chair and primary contact
